By Sharen Kaur
sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on September 14, 2012
sharen@nstp.com.my
Published in NST on September 14, 2012
Mass Rapid Transit Corp Sdn Bhd (MRT Corp) yesterday dished out five work packages worth RM3.47 billion for the Sungai Buloh-Kajang MY Rapid Transit (SBK MRT) project.
This confirms a Business Times report that contracts for the supply of train sets, signaling, power supply and depot equipment will be announced yesterday.
The prime winner was German engineering group Siemens AG, which won two contracts, according to an MRT Corp statement yesterday.
Meanwhile, sources told Business Times that Siemens and its consortium partner SMH Rail Sdn Bhd won the contract worth around RM1.36 billion to supply 58 sets of four-car trains, beating China's Changchun Railways Vehicles Co Ltd and CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd.
The German group also won the contract for depot equipment, worth about RM418 million, displacing George Kent (M) Bhd-Lion Pacific Sdn Bhd.
Siemens, however, lost out to Bombardier Inc of Canada for the signaling contract worth about RM281 million.
The fourth contract for power supply valued at RM459 million was given to Japan's Meidensha Corp, a power generator producer, beating Siemens, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd and the Balfour Beatty-led group.
According to the MRT Corp statement, a fifth contract for the construction and completion of viaduct guideway and other associated works from Taman Mesra to Kajang station worth RM951 million was awarded to UEM Construction Sdn Bhd.
The statement said the contracts were awarded after the One Stop Procurement Committee (OSPC) meeting in Putrajaya chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday.
It is understood that the award of a RM500 million job for track works has been slightly deferred.
Sources said there are three bidders for the job - Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd, DRB-HICOM Bhd-Mitsubishi, and Leighton-Lion Pacific.
A source said MRT Corp had requested the bidders to re-submit their commercial clarification, including the final price, to lay tracks between Sungai Buloh and Kajang, totalling 41.5km.
Although the stretch from Sungai Buloh to Kajang involves 51km, the job excludes the 9.5km underground tunnel work awarded to MMC Gamuda JV at RM8.2 billion.
The source said based on the request from MRT Corp, the bidders resubmitted their bids this week.
"OSPC will make a decision on the contract for track works by early October, as the consensus among the members is that the matter should be resolved in the shortest possible period of time," a source said.
MRT Corp chief executive Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid said he was pleased with the awards because they were extremely significant packages as far as the project is concerned.
On the electric trains selected, he said MRT Corp opted for the Siemens' driverless Grade of Automation 4 (Unattended Train Operation) system.
He said the system is safer by avoiding manual errors, more reliable and punctual in high frequency MRT services and less vulnerable to shortages of drivers.
This confirms a Business Times report that contracts for the supply of train sets, signaling, power supply and depot equipment will be announced yesterday.
The prime winner was German engineering group Siemens AG, which won two contracts, according to an MRT Corp statement yesterday.
Meanwhile, sources told Business Times that Siemens and its consortium partner SMH Rail Sdn Bhd won the contract worth around RM1.36 billion to supply 58 sets of four-car trains, beating China's Changchun Railways Vehicles Co Ltd and CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd.
The German group also won the contract for depot equipment, worth about RM418 million, displacing George Kent (M) Bhd-Lion Pacific Sdn Bhd.
The fourth contract for power supply valued at RM459 million was given to Japan's Meidensha Corp, a power generator producer, beating Siemens, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd and the Balfour Beatty-led group.
According to the MRT Corp statement, a fifth contract for the construction and completion of viaduct guideway and other associated works from Taman Mesra to Kajang station worth RM951 million was awarded to UEM Construction Sdn Bhd.
The statement said the contracts were awarded after the One Stop Procurement Committee (OSPC) meeting in Putrajaya chaired by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday.
It is understood that the award of a RM500 million job for track works has been slightly deferred.
Sources said there are three bidders for the job - Balfour Beatty Rail Sdn Bhd, DRB-HICOM Bhd-Mitsubishi, and Leighton-Lion Pacific.
A source said MRT Corp had requested the bidders to re-submit their commercial clarification, including the final price, to lay tracks between Sungai Buloh and Kajang, totalling 41.5km.
Although the stretch from Sungai Buloh to Kajang involves 51km, the job excludes the 9.5km underground tunnel work awarded to MMC Gamuda JV at RM8.2 billion.
The source said based on the request from MRT Corp, the bidders resubmitted their bids this week.
"OSPC will make a decision on the contract for track works by early October, as the consensus among the members is that the matter should be resolved in the shortest possible period of time," a source said.
MRT Corp chief executive Datuk Azhar Abdul Hamid said he was pleased with the awards because they were extremely significant packages as far as the project is concerned.
On the electric trains selected, he said MRT Corp opted for the Siemens' driverless Grade of Automation 4 (Unattended Train Operation) system.
He said the system is safer by avoiding manual errors, more reliable and punctual in high frequency MRT services and less vulnerable to shortages of drivers.
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